Welcome to the 2015 Vietnam Global Positioning Summer (Vietnam GPS)Program! Learn the ASEAN Way from Vietnam’s Present and Future Leaders

in Hanoi from July 18 to July 29. Apply Now!The Vietnam GPS program provides students and educators from theAmericas, ASEAN, New Zealand and other APEC Economies with a special12-day course of study in Vietnam that concentrates on how Vietnam rep-resents and is a leading economy in what is known as The ASEAN Way.The ASEAN Economic Community is the most important regional economiczone in the Asia Pacific (www.asean.org). Its 10 members include Brunei,Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singa-pore, Thailand and Vietnam.

The ASEAN Way and Vietnam’s Key RoleThis is their collaborative framework for strategic mutuality. The keyprinciples are mutual respect and forbearance as they cooperate byconsensus to share prosperity, stability and security. The ASEAN Way,which served as an inspiration for the creation of APEC, provides a gov-ernance model for the emerging multipolar world. As one of ASEAN’sstrongest economies, Vietnam’s border with China and engagementwith Western nations makes it a key regional and global interpreter.

The Vietnam GPS is a real world global classroom providing our visitingstudents and educators with the opportunity to live and learn theASEAN Way and Vietnam’s growing economic strength and role as apivot nation within the global community. And this is done through ourpeer-to-peer, collaborative learning process led by Vietnam NationalUniversity’s (VNU) top students and mentored by the nation’s business,trade, diplomacy and cultural leaders. All our participating students and educators develop lifelong friends and learn-ing partners as their shared study and experiences enrich and expand their global scholarship and civic engagement.

Presented by the VTM Foundation and Vietnam National UniversityThe Vietnam GPS program is presented by the Virtual Trade Mission Foundation (VTM Foundation) and the University of

Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) of VNU in Hanoi, working in cooperation withVietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training and APEC business leadership. This inno-vative program builds on their continuing collaboration since 2006 in the APEC Voices ofthe Future, which allows special teams of students from around the Pacific Rim to at-tend the annual APEC Economic Leaders Week, ABAC Meetings and APEC CEO Sum-mit. Please see www.gpsapc.org and www.apecvoices.org. VNU is the country’s topuniversity, recognized worldwide as a leading center of learning and professions.

2015 Vietnam GPS Program, July 18 to July 29, HanoiUSSH/VNU Downtown Campus and the nearby Grand Plaza HotelThe 2015 program is hosted and conducted by the VTM Foundation and the USSH/VNUat its downtown campus located just 15 minutes away from Vietnam’s government cen-ter, National Museum, Hanoi Stock Exchange, embassy row, and other key study visitsites. During the entire program, our students stay in the nearby five star Grand PlazaHotel (www.grandplazahanoi.net) and eat most lunches and dinners in the USSH/VNUcafeteria. Local transportation for the study visits to historic sites and centers of cul-ture, enterprise and diplomacy are also provided by the USSH/VNU shuttle buses.

Our Experiential and Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Learning Process The Vietnam GPS Summer program provides our students and educators with indepth engaged learning sessionswith top executives from Vietnam’s global business organizations, the Hanoi Stock Exchange, think tank experts,cultural directors, and the ambassadors representing some of Vietnam’s top trade partners. All this in a specialstudy team with VNU’s top students, who help lead the entire program. Indeed, one of the main focuses of the pro-gram is to have our visiting students develop lifelong learning partners with these young scholars who representthe new generation of Vietnam and ASEAN leaders-in-the-making. They have come of age as Vietnam has comeforward on the world stage as a new and important leader in ASEAN commerce and civics. Accordingly, theirviews and ideas on how Vietnam should pursue its new leadership role will be very important for our visiting stu-dents to understand and continue to engage with in the years ahead.

Sample Daily Study and Discussion ScheduleMorning: Presentations on Vietnam’s history, culture, values, economy, politics and future by the program’s leader-ship students in the USSH/VNU classrooms.

Afternoon: Presentations by executives from Vietnam’s global business organizations and leading enterprises, andforeign diplomats and business leaders from its key trading partners. These take place in onsite visits to businesses,embassies, and NGOs.

Evening: Seminars with Vietnam’s leading educators, think tank experts and cultural directors in the USSH/VNU classrooms.

Day One• Arrival• Check in hotel• Schedule and course materialdistribution

• Dinner together

Day Two• Breakfast at the hotel• Opening Ceremony • Lunch• Rest Break • Hanoi City Tour by Bus• Dinner• Evening Informal Discussion

Day Three• Breakfast at the hotel• Presentations on Vietnam’s history ( 3 presentations ofVietnamese students, break, Q&A)

• Lunch• Rest Break • Tour of Vietnam History Museum• Dinner• Evening Special presentation by History Expert

Day Four• Breakfast at the hotel• Presentations on Vietnamese culture (3 presentations of Vietnamese students, break, Q&A)

• Lunch• Rest Break• Tour of the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum • Dinner• Evening Special presentation by experts on Vietnamese culture

Day Five• Breakfast at the hotel• Presentation on Vietnam’s society (3 presentations of Vietnamese students, break, Q&A)

• Lunch• Rest Break • Visiting tour of Duong Lam old village (the ancient village which is40km far from Hanoi)

• Dinner• Evening Introduction to ASEAN

Day Six• Breakfast at the hotel• Presentation on Vietnam’s political institutions and ASEAN (3 presentations of Vietnamese students, break, Q&A)

• Lunch• Rest Break • Visit ASEAN Embassy• Dinner• Evening Special presentation by anexpert on ASEAN

Day Seven• Breakfast at the hotel• Presentation on Vietnam’s ethnics (3 presentations of Vietnamese students, break, Q&A)

• Lunch• Rest Break• Tour of Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (Diversity)

• Dinner• Evening Water Puppet show

Model SchedulePlease note, this does not represent the final schedule for the

2015 Vietnam GPS program, but is presented as a work-in-progress.

Day Eight• Breakfast at the hotel• Presentation on Vietnam’s economy( 3 presentations of Vietnamese students, break, Q&A)

• Lunch• Break • Visit Hanoi Stock Exchange and Key Businesses

• Dinner• Tour of Hanoi’s Old Quarter

Day Nine• Breakfast at the hotel• Presentation on Vietnam’s InternationalRelations (3 presentations by Vietnamese students, break, Q&A)

• Lunch• Rest Break• Visit to Embassies of Vietnam’s TopTrade Partners

• Dinner• Special presentation by an expert on Vietnam’s international relations

Day Ten• Breakfast at the hotel• All Day Halong tour

Day Eleven• Breakfast at the hotel• Our Hopes and Dreams, Reviewing and Closing Ceremony

• Lunch• Rest Break• Afternoon Shopping and Packing• Dinner• Informal Discussion Session and Aloha

Day Twelve• Depart for Home

Learning Together to Lead TogetherThe Vietnam GPS program has been developed by the VTM Foundationworking with the Ministry of Education and Training’s Director General forInternational Cooperation, and is based upon their Pacific Rim StudyTeam strategy, which they pioneered in APEC Vietnam 2006. Students andeducators from Vietnam, Hawai`i, the Americas, ASEAN, New Zealandand other Pacific Rim economies work together to share their respectiveeconomy’s and culture’s strengths and virtues as they study and discussthe region’s and world’s economies and communities. To further the col-laborative, peer-to-peer global classroom process, all students and edu-cators will room with their peers from another economy and culture.

Code of Conduct and CurfewTo ensure a safe and productive learning environment, all students and their parents will sign and follow a Code ofConduct that includes a curfew of 10 PM. The Code of Conduct also requires all students to always be supervisedby the program’s educators. For more information on the VTM Foundation’s Global Positioning Studies for the AsiaPacific Century, please see www.gpsapc.org

Program Costs: Roundtrip Air Transportation to Hanoi and Program TuitionAll students and educators will schedule and pay for their own roundtrip air travel to Hanoi and the Program Tu-ition of USD$1,700. The Program Tuition includes the costs of lodging, meals and scheduled ground transportation,event fees, and tickets for cultural venues. Students are also responsible for securing their travel visas, which usu-ally cost approximately USD$100.00. It is also recommended that students bring USD$150 for occasional snacksand shopping for keepsakes and gifts for family and friends. The Program Tuition is due on or before MAY 15, 2015.

Application and Formal Registration Process for Admission to 2015 Vietnam GPS ProgramAll interested students are invited to contact the Vietnam GPS Directors or Education Coordinator for their respec-tive communities, states or APEC Economies for the Application Form. Please note that there are two steps in theapplication and registration process. The first is a completed application form. The second is a phone or in personinterview with one of the Vietnam GPS Directors or Education Coordinators.

2015 Vietnam GPS Co-Directors

Lena LeGPS Director and Lecturer

Social Sciencesand Humanities

Vietnam National University

Dr. Annie H. LiuAssociate ProfessorTexas State University

Dr. Noel GouldProfessor ofManagement

University of WisconsinMBA Consortium

Aina AkamuChair of Social Studies

FacultyKapalama Campus,

Kamehameha Schools